Invensys Rail Awarded Finnish Re-Signalling Contract
06 November 2009
Invensys Rail, the new name for Westinghouse Rail Systems, has been awarded the contract for re-signalling the Siilinjärvi depot and mainline railway in Finland. The contract, which represents the company's first signalling project in the country, was awarded by the Finnish Rail Administration Ratahallintokeskus (RHK) and was signed on 14 October 2009.
As signalling main contractor, the scope of Invensys Rail's contract covers the complete signalling design, installation, testing and commissioning. It includes seven centralised WESTRACE interlockings and a local traffic management system, which will control some 14km of mainline railway and a depot area.
Invensys Rail's project manager, Vince Dade, said: "Following the successful commissioning of our WESTeX level crossing predictor system in Praskintie last year, we are delighted to be working with RHK on this mainline signalling project.
We are now in the mobilisation phase of the programme, which we will be delivering with a number of local partners, including Celer Oy and Sabik Oy."
The project is scheduled to be commissioned in August 2011.
